| 词组 | plan |
| 释义 | plan 1. A few recent commentators—Harper 1985, Janis 1984, Copperud 1970, 1980, Bryson 1984—take note of various combinations of words with plan that can be considered redundant. These combinations tend to serve the purpose of narrowing the focus of the verb—the verb having more than one sense (although the commentators take no account of this very relevant consideration). Among such combinations are plan ahead, plan in advance, and, presumably, plan out, which is an old idiom. • It grieved Piet to see her beg, to see her plan ahead —John Updike, Couples, 1968 • ... I would take up my seven-page single-spaced typed outline, and see what I had planned ahead for the next day —Irving Wallace, The Writer, November 1968 • You can use the automatic toll gates only if you have the exact change. That means to go through all of them without waiting in line at the manned gates, you have to plan in advance to have six quarters, two dimes and a nickel —And More by Andy Rooney, 1982 • As he was ready to entertain himself with future pleasures, he had planned out a scheme of life in the country —Samuel Johnson, Life of Savage, 1744 • ... she was not yet incapable of planning out a day for herself—Elizabeth Bowen, The Hotel, 1927 • ... lesser towns like Silchester, which the Romans planned out in their rectangular fashion —G. M. Trevelyan, A Shortened History of England, 1942 The noun combinations of future plans and advance plans are also mentioned by the critics—they seem to be primarily spoken usages. 2. Plan on, plan to. Plan on, followed by the gerund, is a standard American idiom, according to Evans 1957 and Watt 1967. A few handbooks insist that in formal use it be replaced by plan to followed by the infinitive: • Always signal well in advance if you plan to slow down for a turn —Julie Candler, Ford Truck Times, Summer 1970 • Give them away, or plan to take them with you — Anna Fisher Rush, McCall's, March 1971 Our evidence suggests that plan on is more often found in spoken than in written use; we have few printed examples. • I will be discharged from the service in early 1979 and plan on returning to the States —Russ Sherlock, Cats Mag., December 1977 Plan on is also used with a noun object: • If you're having a luncheon, plan on cheese sandwiches with ... —radio broadcast, 4 Mar. 1975 |
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